Forever His: A Time-Travel Romance (Stolen Brides Series) by Thacker Shelly

Author:Thacker, Shelly [Thacker, Shelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Medieval Romance, USA Today Bestselling Author
Publisher: Summit Avenue Books
Published: 2013-12-05T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Celine huddled in the darkness between a sack of rye flour and a cask of wine, and knew all along this was never going to work.

A mad impulse had led her down here, to the bouteillerie, a basement beneath the kitchen where wines and staple goods were stored. Gaston had ordered her to be in the bailey, ready to leave, by the time the morning bells rang at six—and that had been well over an hour ago. She had thought if she could just hide, if it took him too long to find her, maybe he would give up out of sheer annoyance.

Ever since Tourelle had declared her to be the one, true, real Christiane yesterday, her husband had done nothing but growl orders and glare at her. Even the nuns, who were staying to rest and gather supplies before beginning their long journey home to Aragon, had kept out of his way. Since he was so furious with her, maybe he would give up and leave her behind.

But as she knelt there, trying not to sneeze on dust and pepper, she realized this impetuous tactic was useless.

He would find her. He might hate her, but he also didn’t trust her one bit, and he wasn’t going to leave her here to “scheme” with Tourelle, as he had put it. She had tried reasoning with him all day yesterday, but he hadn’t listened. He had remained adamant about taking her with him.

Even though they both knew it was a mistake.

Stubborn, pigheaded, tyrannical male! Why couldn’t he see that he had a much better chance of staying alive if the two of them separated and kept as far apart as possible?

Celine huddled deeper into her cloak, shivering in the clammy, musty air. She had to remain here. Not just to save him, but for her own reasons as well. She had to stay near that window upstairs. Had to find some way to get home when the next eclipse took place in three months.

And if she didn’t have that long...

Either way, it made no sense for them to stay together, to risk the desire that ignited so easily between them.

To risk making a mistake that might cost Gaston his life.

Suddenly she couldn’t breathe.

Oh, no. She tried to take a deep mouthful of air, but ended up choking on dust. Her breath started coming in short, shallow gasps. Oh, God. Panic seized her with an iron grip. She jerked to her feet, sending the pile of sacks she had hidden behind tumbling. Closing her eyes, she tried to calm down, too late. Her heart was already racing. The familiar, uncomfortable chills chased down the back of her neck and over her shoulders.

No, no, no. Reaching out in the darkness, she grasped the top of the nearest wine barrel, something solid to hold on to. All she had to do was breathe deeply. All she had to do was...

Telling herself that did no good. Terror had already taken hold. She knew this was stupid.

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